ORCHIDS OF THE SIEEIM-HIMALATA.
24. nAiìExAEU TEOT.\CULATA, Rciclib. fil. Otia, p. 34; Trans. Linu.
Soc. XXX, 189.
Wliolc plant 6 to IS in. liigli; the iuhci- otUijucIy cIHpsoid. Sim witli a single
wide Hunt sheath at its base. Leaves two or three, often unequal, borae close together
near the base of the stem, oblong-elliptic or liuear-obloag, sub-acute or acute, slightly
narrowed to the short sheath; length 2 to 4 in., breadth -5 to 1-25 in.; pediiucle of the
spike naked cxcept for a few scattered Hnear-lanceolate bracts about -ó iu. long. Sj^i/ca
very narrow, 1-2Ò to C in. long, laxly-flowered. Floii-crs scarcely broader than the
apices of the long erect ovaries, -15 in. across at the moutli; Jloml bract lanceolato,
acununate, rather shorter than the sessile ovaiy. Sepak xmcqual ; the dorsal ovate-oblong,
obtuse, conniràig with the petals to fonn a hood; the lateral pair narrowly oblong,
obtuse, erect. Petals orate, acute, their bases oblique. Lip longer than the lateral
Bepals, deflcxed from the middle ; the lower half broadly oblong and having a tmnsverse
calhis at tlio base; the apical Iialf 3-lobed, the middle or apical lobe shorter and
broader than the latei-al, oblong, blunt; the lateral lobes linear, falcate, tlicir apices
diverging; sjmr small, oToid, much contracted at the nock, shorter than the sepals
smooth ^ntldn. Cobmn depressed. Auiher-cclh discrete, their tubes short; poUma
])yriform, tlie cancHcles half as long, tapeiiug to the minute narrowlv oblong dark
red glands; siaminocies large, diverging. SUffmas two, tmngular, lvLii¿ bv the sides
of llie mouth of the spur, thcii- apices diverging. Eziintzlin in Engl.' Bot. jahrb. XYI,
1Ü0. 11 laceriifera, 13enth. 1-1. Uoiig-Eong, 362; Uook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 163.
Calofflossum lacciilfenm and C. acwninaium, Lindi. Gen. and Spcc. Orch. 302. Pcristylus
vhlorantlms, Lindi, in Kew Joum. 13ot. VII (ISoò), 37. Gynmadenia {?) tenuiflora, Lindi.
Isü'^^t^^ Spirmiihes, Schauer in PI. Heyen-, (Act, Leopold.),
SiUim. Gum Bathan (1,.500 feet?); iu flower during August; Pantling Xo. 345.
Ivhasia Hills; Hooker, ilann, Gellatly. Xaga Hills; Pruin Nos. 43, 04- also in Tcnassermi,
Tavoy and Penang; "WalHch. Distrib.-Hong-Kong.
The colour is green througliont.
A widely distributed species rarj-ing as to its lip, which is said to be in some
siKcnnens only obtusely «-tootJ^ed, while in others it is deeply tripartite and the side
Jobes are long and resemble tentacles. Tlie flowers are very small and the material in
<^ollectio]is IS scanty, -\^'e have followed Kriintzlin in adopting lieichenbach's name for
this rather than Bentham's, as the forjner is the oldei^. For the Sikkim form of tiio
plant It IS, however, very inappropriate, as no part of the flower suggests tentacles It
appears to be in Ho.ig-Kong only that plants are found wit), nmch elongated side lobes
to the hp, and It was for these that Lindley siig-gestcd tlie name Ghmda teniaadata
(Bot. Reg., t. 862). This is allied to //. arlstata, IL;ok. fil., but is cHstinguishcd from
that species by having its leaves radical and not scattered along the stem, and by
having flowers only about one-third as largo. In //. arktata, moreover, the- lip is
narrowed at the base and has linear hoiizontal side lobes; whereas iu this the lip is
broad at the base and is divided near the middle into three linear lobes, all of wliich
arc decui'vcd.
Pr.ATE ^27.-21,,leñaría ientacuìnta, Roíchh. fil. A plant, of natural Fig. 1 bract, ovary ai,a
flower, 2 apex of ovaiy, base of the ]ip aud column diowing the antHer-ceUs (.), a stamiiiode (a
a sfiffiua ,,), nud the callus at {he base of tlie Hp (r), 3 tbe petals, 4 pollmia; all enlarged
25. IIadesaria fallax. King and Pantling.
"Wliolo plant 4 to 12 in.; iiihcrs small, ellipsoid. Stem 1 to 3 iu. long, with two
tubular blunt sheaths at the base. Leaf solitary (in Sikkim specimens), narrowly
elliptic, acute, tapering slightly to the short sheath; length 1'5 to G in., breadth "40
to "75 in. ; peduncle of spike long, with a single linear lanceolate acuminate bract.
Spike 1-5 to 4 in. long, rather laxly-flowered. Floiucn (to the end of the lip) '35 in.
at tlie mouth; Jloral Iraet lanceolate, shorter tliau or as long as the slightly decuiwed
0'\-aiy. Sepals sub-equal, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, the dorsal connivent with the
petals to form a hood; the lateral pair erect, non-connivcnt, but not spreading. Pétala
varj-ing in size, oblong, blunt. lAp not much longer than the sepals, rather fleshy,
hastately 3-lobed from about the middle; the apical lobe oblong, obtuse, do flexed, longer
than the two oblong blunt slightly diverging side lobes; the base trimcate and ^^itil
a saccate spin- much shorter than the sepals, 2-ribbcd in the interior. Column rather
long. Aiither-cells discrete, parallel, without tubes; polUnia clávate, the caudicles short,
stout, tapering to the small cordate glands; siaminodes small, attached about the middle
of the outer suj-faces of the anther-cells. Stir/mas two, transversely oblong, touching by
llicir ends aud forming a band across the colimm below the anther-cells. Ilcrmimum
fullax, Lindh ia "WalL Cat. 7412; Hook. fil. le. Plant., t. 2198; Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 129.
Peristijhs fallax, Lindl. Gou. and Spcc. Orch., 298. Cylele, Falc. in Lindl. Veg. Kingd.,
193c; C. alpina, Falc. MSS.
Sikkim, at elevations of 10,000 to 12,000 feet; in. the Lachen and Laclioong valleys,
at Gnatong; Hooker, Pantling Nos. 174 and 420; iu flower during July. Kamaon, on
Liria-Kanta; Davidson. At Ralam; Strachey and Winterbottam.
The flowers arc green throughout. Lindley at first named tliis Uerininnm, but he
subsequently transferred it into his genus Pmstyliis -n-hich has since been i-educed to
Ilabcnaria. We think it ougiit to be in Ridienai-ia, having a very distinct wide spur
and a lip much resembling those of otiier species in the section Peristylus, in which
we have therefore placed it. Specimens from the western Himalaya have often two
leaves ^^'hich are sub-ojiposite.
Platk A2S.—irahenaria fnUa;v, ICiag anil Paiitliug. A jlnjit, of nahtral size. Fig, 1 a flower,
2 ovary, coliinm vith. outlicr-ceUs in situ, and lip, í;¡ prnflo, 3 section of spur, 4 poUinia; ciilarfjcd.
26. Habekaria coxsteicta, "Wall, ex Hook. fll. Fl. Br. Ind. VI, 161.
Whole plant 20 to 30 in. high; iuher oblong, hairy. Sic?n stout, elotlied at the
base with wide blmit sheaths. Leaves five or six iu a whorl about the smnmit of the
stem, ovate-elliptic, acute or acmninate, much naiTowcd to the long stem-clasping
sheath; length 8 to 7 in., breadth 1-25 to 3-5 in.; stem above the leaves with a few
lineai'-lanceolate acuminate bracts, 1-25 to '5 in. long, diminishing upwards. Spi/,'e
broadly cylindric, 5 to 9 in. long, many- and densely-flowered. Floioers "75 to '9 in.
across, horizontal; floral Iract erect, lanceolate, acuminate, as long as or longer tliau
the erect shortly beaked oTOiy. Sepals sub-equal, ciliolate, oblong, obtuse, the dorsal
c on duplica te ; the lateml pair %rith involute margins, spreading. Petals larger tlian the
sepals, obliquely ovate, lanceolate, rather bluntly acuminate, their bases oblique, sonietvhat
gibbous on the lower side, i^reading upwards in front of the dorsal sepal and not